Friday's letters to the editor

Waiting for Robinson to see the other side

I want to congratulate columnist Eugene Robinson on his investigation into the Gov. Christie bridge-closing incident. He gave a very thorough explanation of what he says happened, and he asked some good additional questions which should be asked by federal prosecutors. I would appreciate it, however, if he did as thorough an investigation in a few other incidents that have taken place in the last few years.

In 2009, the "Fast and Furious" scandal was made public, and his investigation concluded that Eric Holder was just the victim of a Republican "witch hunt." In 2012, when the Black Panther organization was accused of voter intimidation, Robinson said that it was just several guys in costume standing there. His investigation into the Benghazi affair led him to conclude that the Republicans were on another "witch hunt" to sully Hillary Clinton's record. And his most recent investigation was into the IRS scandal, for which he reported, "I wonder whether the president's staff served him well in this case."

There is obviously room for further investigation into these incidents because, at this point in time, no one has been held responsible for any of them. Mr. Robinson, please get back to your investigations. We still need some answers.

JERRY H. LEONARD

leonard.jerry@gmail.com

GOP seems obsessed with Crist's switch

I am fed up with the Republican party's criticism of Charlie Crist's switching to the Democratic Party. What short memories they seem to have.

Some of you may recall that Jim Smith switched from the Democratic party to the Republican party, after being elected to office as a Democrat. He has served in several political capacities, including secretary of state, attorney general and chief of staff for the governor. He has served without criticism for switching parties in mid-stream. We do not hold this against Jim, and we should not hold the switching of parties against Charlie Crist, either. In the immortal words of Cool Hand Luke's warden, "He's got his mind right."

ROBERT W. HALL

boball2@embarqmail.com

New TMH ER center is impressive

I had the misfortune to have a horrible case of food poisoning early Christmas morning. My husband drove me to the new Tallahassee Memorial Emergency Center on Thomasville and I-10. I was pleasantly surprised at how awesome the new facility is and how quickly I got into a room. All of the staff, from the woman at the front desk to the nurses and doctors, were wonderful. Thanks, Dr. Eric Forsthoefel and the amazing nurses, for your care on a cold Christmas morning.